Center for Near East Policy Research
Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 14th
Summary and Analysis
In its Sunday morning broadcasts, the VOP news coverage was fairly evenly divided between three subjects:
Continuing talks on final status issues, despite...
Understanding Arafat as a Media Strategist
There are many ways to describe Yasser Arafat, but whether one tends to call him a "politician," "statesman" or "terrorist," any fair estimation of...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 10th
Summary and Analysis
The Palestinian Authority is signaling the end of the Clinton era in the Middle East.
The PA has said thank you to Clinton,...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 11th
Summary and Analysis
The Voice of Palestine denied Israeli reports of progress in security talks held Wednesday night, and it reported extensively on Palestinian diplomatic...
Listening to Palestinian Authority Radio: An Assessment
Yasser Arafat is not Adolf Hitler, and Ehud Barak is certainly not Winston Churchill or Charles De Gaulle, but Arafat is a dictator whose...
Official PA Radio news – the PBC radio January 5
Summary and Analysis
One has to pay attention to the unusual first item of the morning news-which was also the first item last night: unusual...
Official PA Radio News The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio January 5
Summary and Analysis
One has to pay attention to the unusual first item of the morning news-which was also the first item last night: unusual...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 6th
Summary and Analysis
Reports on VOP once gain turned a bit more pessimistic Saturday.Openning Paragraph
VOP featured comments by Saeb Erikat that Yasser Arafat had demanded...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 7th
Summary and Analysis
The last few days of VOP news and commentary have seen a kind of return to the pre-Intifada coverage at the Voice...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 8th
Summary and Analysis
In its Monday afternoon coverage, VOP reported that Yasser Arafat's spokesman, Nabil Abu-Irdeineh said the PA expected the incoming Bush Administration to...